Blush

Naama Barash is 17 and her hobbies include alcohol, drugs and useless friends. When her sister goes missing and the whole family is busy looking for her, Naama meets a new girl from school and falls head over heels in love. >>

Eclipse

Two teenage brothers play outside on a sunny day until, suddenly, they witness a mysterious supernatural phenomenon. When they try to get closer, their game becomes very dangerous. >>

The Green Prince

A Palestinian in Ramallah, Mosab Hassan Yousef grows up angry and ready to fight Israel. Arrested for smuggling guns at the age of 17, he’s interrogated by the Shin Bet, Israel’s security service, and sent to prison. But shocked by Hamas’s ruthless tactics in the prison and the organization’s escalating campaign of suicide bombings outside, […] >>

The Samaritan: A Biblical People

Good Samaritan laws protect do-gooders and Good Samaritan hospitals heal us. Samaritans appear in our holy texts— in the Bible, the Talmud, and the Quran. The Samaritan people today number 850 souls, down from a million in the time of Jesus. They are split between Israelis and Palestinians. The Samaritans may soon go extinct, a […] >>

The Last Righteous Man

The Last Righteous Man portrays the story of the Abuhazira family, a Jewish-Moroccan dynasty that has been leading Jewish-Moroccan and Israeli communities for two centuries. Through the story of Baba Sali and his younger brother Baba Khaki, the film reveals the story of a Moroccan aristocratic rabbinical family and its transformation into a leading family […] >>

Residual Noise

A young woman’s life is forever changed as a result of a traumatic event. She loses control of her life, and begins to lose distinction between reality and illusion; until she reaches a breaking point, looking down and trying to decide whether to jump or continue living with her scars. >>

Women Cook a Story

Mom’s food, the touch of her hands, Taste of her stories. Six women from Yeruham take the stage with the spotlight on them. Cutting tomatoes, frying garlic and hot peppers, with the smells filling up the nostrils and the mouth salivating. They cook and tell each other of themselves. The music rises and so does […] >>

Emil: A Hero’s Journey

After Nazi forces take his father away, 11-year-old Emil must use the only two things he has left—creativity and imagination—as he embarks on a perilous journey to find his father. Inspired by the true coming-of-age story of a Holocaust survivor. >>

The Cemetery Club

Every Saturday a group of elderly women and men carry plastic lawn chairs across the Mount Herzl National Cemetery in Jerusalem. In the shade of an old pine tree, they sit in a circle and discuss various matters. For over two decades, the “Mt. Herzl Academy” has held its weekly meeting at this cemetery. Seated […] >>

The Ashram Children: I Am No Body, I Have No Body

For 20 years, Jonathan, the filmmaker grew up in Jerusalem and in an Ashram in India, which he had to keep secret. In the Ashram he was taught to dedicate his life to the Guru, to always think of him. That way, Jonathan could finally reach his goal in life, awaken from the illusion, realize […] >>

Congratulations

Part of “Moments, Israel 2002“: When concerned people living abroad ask me what will be, I tell them I’m about to have a son, and that they should ask him when he grows up. Although he’ll probably tell them to ask the next generation. A sort of cautious optimism for the coming fifty years. >>

Elevation

From `Short:Long` – a tribute to Israeli cinema. A Tribute to Lovesick on Nana Street – 1995. The Sabbath is a few hours away. Victor, a confirmed ultra-Orthodox Jew, is stuck in cosmopolitan Tel Aviv after missing the last bus home. Seeking to find his way out, he encounters a different everyday reality that evokes […] >>

Girl, Woman

At the age of 30, Ella receives a mysterious suitcase with home tapes from the 1990s, which have been kept secret to this day. The videotapes uncover her mother’s, the singer Dafna Armony, life. This happens while Ella is helping her mother pack up and move – another consecutive move forced upon her due to […] >>

Al Hallak

A simple hairdresser in a small village succeeds in rehabilitating a youth with a social deficiency, in a place where society and its institutions have failed. >>

To be Like Avi

To Be Like Avi is the coming-of-age story of three friends, refugees who fled Africa and left their families behind. They study in the Galilee and dream of following in the footsteps of Avi (formally Ibrahim), the only refugee who somehow obtained an Israeli citizenship and enlisted in the IDF. The film follows them during […] >>